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iPad Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple for Jelly Scrolling
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Yes, and from what I remember all she was asking for was enough to cover her medical bills, an extremely reasonable ask but McDonalds refused to budge and the jury ended up awarding her an obscene amount of money.
This is precisely what happened! I watched a video some weeks ago on this particular suit; the woman was literally just a humble old lady, (somehow amazingly) not enraged by McD causing her so much physical/emotional pain and suffering—she literally just could not afford the hospital bills, and since they had directly caused them, she wanted help. They (as you said) wouldn’t budge, and she didn’t want to file a suit, but she had to. Jury saw what was happening and said “no, she deserves way more than just the medical bills from one of the biggest companies in the world.” Corporate greed can really bite you in the rear sometimes!
Curse this wretched technology! It has brought us nothing but pain, suffering, confusion, and made manifest an evil so horrid I pray for a swift end.
Rebel, citizens! Smash your demon-slabs into the ground!
Rebel, citizens! Smash your demon-slabs into the ground!
If you have admitted to knowing about the issue, while keeping your iPad past the return window, then I’m not sure what legal case you actually have.
It wont help your case to have posted this:
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Apple gives you 15 days to return the iPad, and yes you can get all of your money back, which is plenty of time for those people to return someone that afflicts them is such serious ways.
Um…. no.
You can’t sue for mental or emotional distress because you bought a product you don’t like. That is simply not a thing. Even if you could, you should have done your own research and read the countless articles before purchasing.
You can’t sue for something that “could have happened.” Sure, a plane could have crashed. Or a car could have driven unsafely. Or a clown could have hidden in your closet. None of that matters. You can only sue for things that actually did happen.
You would have to be an idiot to continue using a product that makes you lose sleep, become ill, or miss work. You have a responsibility under the law to mitigate your damages. In this case, that would mean you simply STOP using the product. Even if you could pursue this claim (which I don’t think you can), you would need comprehensive medical proof that it is the iPad causing all these problems.
I'm a newbie and haven't purchased the 'new' iPad mini as yet so not aware of this 'jelly rolling' capability. Do you have to pay more for it?
LOLOL....SHE SPILLED THE COFFEE....COFFEE IS HOT. Unbelievable. It's HER FAULT AND HER FAULT ALONE. Like Mcdonalds made her spill it?
WHY should Mcdonalds budge? So every time somd idiot spills food on their clothes now Mcdonalds will have to pay to clean the clothes? If they spill water on their seat, should Mcdonalds pay to dry their car? Where does it end? OF COURSE Mcdonalds wasn't going to give in. It truly hate what our society has become. A bunch of entitled whiners that run and cry to mommy and daddy the minute they have to work for something or are inconvenienced in any way.
If you look at the actual details of that case, McDonalds was rightly found guilty of keeping their coffee significantly hotter than necessary, hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns despite receiving multiple complaints about it.
for someone complaining about entitled “whiners” these comments are very…ironic…but anyway. you realize she had to get literal skin grafts on her thighs right? and it was provable in court that mcd was making their coffee far hotter (to an unsafe degree) than any other fast-food chain? the things you learn in court are fun!
I also highly doubt her mommy and daddy were still around given that she was a 79-year-old woman with no money to pay for the 2 years of medical treatment she had to undergo
she literally just wanted her medical bills paid for. she didn’t want a lawsuit. let’s bring it full circle here—I’ll wager there’s a fair amount of people who don’t wanna sue Apple for infringing on their patents, but Apple similarly does not budge! and it almost always ends with a settlement! just like this case did. (read: she was not awarded the millions that the jury decided on.)
man, I love these forums, they always get me talkin first thing in the morning. need that extra energy boost
Looking at the devices in active use in the OP's sig, I think the cybersickness is just from staring at too many screens all day...
for someone complaining about entitled “whiners” these comments are very…ironic…but anyway. you realize she had to get literal skin grafts on her thighs right? and it was provable in court that mcd was making their coffee far hotter (to an unsafe degree) than any other fast-food chain? the things you learn in court are fun!
I also highly doubt her mommy and daddy were still around given that she was a 79-year-old woman with no money to pay for the 2 years of medical treatment she had to undergo
she literally just wanted her medical bills paid for. she didn’t want a lawsuit. let’s bring it full circle here—I’ll wager there’s a fair amount of people who don’t wanna sue Apple for infringing on their patents, but Apple similarly does not budge! and it almost always ends with a settlement! just like this case did. (read: she was not awarded the millions that the jury decided on.)
man, I love these forums, they always get me talkin first thing in the morning. need that extra energy boost
Yea people are ignorant on this point and can’t or won’t do basic reading. She literally wanted to cover medical bills from coffee that was way too hot. The lawsuit was medical bills and a lot of non financial improvements. But yea dude is going to keep bashing a poor 90 year old lady who was the victim here.
Yeah and if it were his elderly mother or grandmother who was scalded due to their scorching coffee temperatures we all know he'd be singing a different tune; especially if he and his family had to cover the extensive medical costs.
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I don’t know how old you are, but this wasn’t a LOL situation. She suffered third degree burns that required skin grafts. McD had been on notice of this before because its coffee had burned other patrons. McD was maintaining its coffee at a temp that was unnecessarily high, so that it quickly burned skin. Lowering the temp would have allowed more time for a patron to pull the wet clothing away from the skin and reduce the severity of the burns. So no, this wasn’t entirely her fault.
And OP, the law requires a plaintiff to mitigate damages. Apple provides a 15 day return window. If a product doesn’t meet your expectations, return it. You’ll get your money back and will have incurred no damages that could be awarded by a court.
It was a very interesting case, misunderstood by people taking a simplistic look at headlines. Worth reading about though I doubt that poster cares enough to do so.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/16/13971482/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit-stella-liebeck
https://www.ttla.com/index.cfm?pg=mcdonaldscoffeecasefacts